A car accident sends the soul of Wall Street elite Shen Zhaoning into the body of the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Zhongyi in the Great Liang Dynasty. The sixteen-year-old girl’s birth mother died young, her stepmother is a hypocrite, and her father spends most of his time guarding the borders, leaving her to struggle through life in the household.
On the first day after transmigrating, Shen Zhaoning must face the trap her stepmother has carefully laid at the “Spring Banquet.” She handles it with composure, not only averting disaster but also winning the favor of Grand Princess Pingyang and catching the attention of Prince Jing’an, Xiao Yan, for the first time.
She takes stock of the declining businesses her birth mother left behind and uses modern financial thinking to transform them. Starting with a single shop, she gradually builds a business empire, the Jinyu Trading House. When her stepmother relentlessly corners her, she turns the tables; when rivals try to crush her in the marketplace, she gives them a taste of their own medicine; and when the Crown Prince’s faction runs rampant at court, she uses her business network to help Prince Jing’an gather evidence of their crimes.
From an abandoned daughter of a noble house to a business magnate, from an unwilling alliance to standing side by side, Shen Zhaoning and Xiao Yan grow to admire one another through every clash of wits. When a coup erupts and the borders are in danger, they are no longer pieces on the board, but the ones moving them.
Through wind and rain, they stand together; in an age of peace and prosperity, they flourish. This is a story of growth, trust, and love: she transmigrated across a thousand years just to meet her match.
